Chapter 9
It was eight in the morning when Ron, Ginny and Hermione made their way to the kitchen. Mr. Weasley and Tonks had already left for work. Mrs. Weasley and Lupin weren't talking because of their argument earlier. Hermione grabbed the Daily Prophet and let out a gasp.
"What?" Ron and Ginny said together.
"Has Harry seen this?" Hermione asked Mrs. Weasley and Lupin. They nodded.
"Of course Harry saw it. He woke us up." Fred grumbled.
"I'm surprised you three didn't hear him." George added. They both got disapproving looks from Lupin and Mrs. Weasley but otherwise no comment was made.
"We have to go talk to Harry." Hermione said as she and Ron stood up.
"Sit down." Lupin said.
"What?" Ron asked.
"Sit down and eat breakfast. I talked to Harry earlier and I don't think it would be a good idea for you three to go see him today." Lupin answered.
"Why not?" Ginny asked.
"Use your head Gin." Fred said rolling his eyes. "Do you see how you three are handling the news?" Fred asked.
"What about how we're handling the news?" Ron asked.
"What about how you're handling the news? Please!" Fred said getting annoyed.
"What Fred means is that whenever something like this happens you three always run off to see Harry." George said.
"That's because we're worried about him." Ginny said.
"I know that you're worried about him." George said.
"Then why can't we go see him?" Hermione cut in.
"Because as much as you three think that your going to see him will help Harry it makes things worse." Fred said giving Lupin a look that said he should finish up.
"How do we make things worse?" Ron asked.
"When something goes wrong what does Harry do?" Lupin asked taking a different approach.
"Harry tells us everything's going to be alright and that he'll work everything out." Ginny said not understanding. Hermione let out a gasp as realization hit her. "If you understand what they're saying please enlighten us." Ginny said starting to get annoyed. Hermione motioned for Lupin to continue.
"Did you just hear what you said?" Lupin asked Ginny. Ginny nodded but still didn't understand.
"Oh for Gods sake." Fred said. "Harry always feels the need to make you guys feel better. Even if he's scared to death and needs someone to make him feel better."
"That means that you three will go up there thinking you're going to help Harry. You'll say something like you're really worried or he'll just pick up on that and into protector mode he goes. This news is going to be a hundred times harder for him to take then you three." George paused for breath and Lupin cut in.
"I think they get the point." Fred and George just rolled their eyes at the three friends.
"Do we really do that to him?" Ron asked sounding ashamed of himself.
"Maybe not intentionally, but yes that is what happens." Mrs. Weasley said.
"Right now Harry needs to be told that everything will be ok." Lupin said.
"Then why don't you or mum tell him?" Ginny asked.
"I tried." Lupin started. "But the only person that could tell Harry that and make him believe it's true was Sirius." Lupin finished looking sad.
"Doesn't he understand that we're trying to help him?" Hermione asked.
"None of you understand how Harry feels right now." Lupin began before he was cut off again.
"We all liked Sirius too." Ron said.
"Yes but you didn't go to him with all your problems did you?" Lupin asked. Ron shook his head. "None of you have had to have death affect you like Harry has. First his parents died when he was a baby. Then he finds Sirius, a new person to invest all his trust in, and he dies. Harry doesn't want to get close to anyone because he thinks that they'll die next. Even when he's got a thousand other things to worry about, Harry still tries to protect the people he loves." Lupin said.
Ron, Ginny, Hermione, Fred, George and even Mrs. Weasley looked slightly ashamed of themselves. None of them had realized what Harry had thought he was doing. They all had thought he was just upset that Sirius had died.
"Did he tell you this Remus?" Mrs. Weasley asked.
"He didn't have to. I saw Lily and James do it a lot when they first found out that Voldemort was after them." Lupin said.
"How did Lily and James learn to let people back into their life?" Mrs. Weasley asked.
"Sirius didn't give them any choice. He pushed his way back into their lives whether they wanted him there or not." Lupin said quietly as he left the table.
"Sirius seems to play an important role in anything surrounding Harry." Ginny said.
Everyone was quiet for the rest of breakfast. Fred and George left ten minutes later to go to work. Ron, Ginny and Hermione spent the rest of the day thinking about how they underestimated their friend.
A/N Here's three more chapters! I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them. I would like to thank you for reviewing my last chapters. It really made me feel good to have someone who's not family tell me that I had a good story.
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fuzzy ping pong balls of doom- Thanks for the review. This is going to be a Ron/Hermione, Harry/Ginny fic. But there is very little romance.
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